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The palace was built as a new headquarters for Romania's oldest bank, the public savings institution Casa de Depuneri, Consemnațiuni și Economie, later known as C.E.C. (Romanian: Casa de Economii și Consemnațiuni), and nowadays CEC Bank. The land was bought and the building constructed with the institution's own funds.
English: Night view of the facade of the CEC Palace in Bucharest, capital of Romania. The building dates from 1900, is situated on Calea Victoriei in the center of the city and hosts the headquarter of CEC Bank.
CEC Bank (prior to May 6, 2008 Casa de Economii și Consemnațiuni, but already known then as CEC), [1] [2] is a state-owned Romanian banking institution. [3] [4]In 1990, shortly after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, CEC had a 32.9% share of the Romanian market for banking; by 2006 this had fallen to 4.03%. [5]
The palace of the National Bank of Romania houses the national numismatic collection. Exhibits include banknotes, coins, documents, photographs, maps, silver and gold bullion bars, bullion coins, and dies and moulds. The building was constructed between 1884 and 1890. The thesaurus room contains notable marble decorations.
The CEC Palace on Victory Avenue by Paul Gottereau (1897-1900) Postal card of the Lipscani Street around 1900, with the National Bank of Romania on the right side Early 20th century interior of the house of painter Eugen Voinescu (1844-1909) in Bucharest
English: CEC Palace, Bucharest, Romania. This is a photo of a historic monument in București, classified with number B-II-m-A-19845. Date: Taken on 29 May 2016, 17: ...
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The Palace reaches a height of 84 m (276 ft), [1] has a floor area of 365,000 m 2 (3,930,000 sq ft) [2] and a volume of 2,550,000 m 3 (90,000,000 cu ft). The Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world, weighing about 4,098,500 tonnes (9.04 billion pounds), and is the third largest administrative building in the world. [3]